Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Non-surgical spinal decompression therapy: does the scientific literature support efficacy claims made in the advertising media? | Chiropractic Osteopathy BioMed Central Open Access Debate Non-surgical spinal decompression therapy does the scientific literature support efficacy claims made in the advertising media Dwain M Daniel Address Parker Research Institute Parker College of Chiropractic Dallas Texas USA Email Dwain M Daniel - ddaniel@ Corresponding author Published 18 May 2007 Received 19 October 2006 Chiropractic Osteopathy 2007 15 7 doi l746-l340-l 5-7 Accepted 18 May 2007 This article is available from http content 15 l 7 2007 Daniel licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Traction therapy has been utilized in the treatment of low back pain for decades. The most recent incarnation of traction therapy is non-surgical spinal decompression therapy which can cost over l00 000. This form of therapy has been heavily marketed to manual therapy professions and subsequently to the consumer. The purpose of this paper is to initiate a debate pertaining to the relationship between marketing claims and the scientific literature on non-surgical spinal decompression. Discussion Only one small randomized controlled trial and several lower level efficacy studies have been performed on spinal decompression therapy. In general the quality of these studies is questionable. Many of the studies were performed using the VAX-D unit which places the patient in a prone position. Often companies utilize this research for their marketing although their units place the patient in the supine position. Summary Only limited evidence is available to warrant the routine use of non-surgical spinal decompression particularly when many other well investigated less expensive alternatives are available. .
